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A Red Star hen, a hybrid breed that lays large brown eggs, stands on eggs inside her coop at Historic Wagner Farm, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Glenview, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices but US remains hesitant

On The Money Nerdwallet Avoid Text Message Scam

FBI warning: don’t click on those road toll texts

Spacex Stuck Astronauts

SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts after launch pad problem

Aac Revenue Share Minimum

American Athletic Conference sets minimum for schools to share with athletes at $10M over 3 years

Cartons of eggs sit inside cooler at Norma's Sweets Bakery Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)

Egg prices hit records as Easter and Passover approach, but relief may be coming

China Trade

EU retaliates against Trump’s trade moves and hits beef, whiskey, motorcycles with targeted tariffs

Hurricane Recovery Federal Aid

Tens of billions in Hurricane Helene aid to start by March 21

Compensating Athletes

JUCO association and 16 coaches groups ask NCAA to make transfer rules equitable

Developing Story

4 charged in death of 5-year-old boy ‘incinerated’ in hyperbaric chamber explosion

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 died

Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine says it’s open to 30-day ceasefire in war with Russia, US agrees to resume military aid

Man torches Tesla chargers and catches his clothes on fire

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street drops nearly 10% below its record as Trump’s latest tariff threat worsens its sell-off

Travelers wait at the check-in counter for Southwest Airlines in Denver International Airport Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Southwest Airlines no longer letting checked bags fly for free

Watch On Economy

Trump says he’ll double planned tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel

With the White House in the background, demolition begins on the Black Lives Matter mural, Monday, March 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza from street near White House

Candles for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Doctors say Pope Francis no longer in imminent danger, remains hospitalized

Watch On Economy

Dow drops 950, and Wall Street flirts with its worst day in years on worries about the economy

A preliminary hearing held in Beverly Hills, Calif., for Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez, was postponed as their lawyers fought to keep potentially incriminating evidence out of the case, April 12, 1991. (APP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

LA district attorney says he won’t support resentencing the Menendez brothers

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 19, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Purge of USAID programs complete with 83% of agency’s programs gone

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) brings the ball up the court against the Detroit Pistons during the second half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Steph Curry makes historic move joining Davidson as assistant GM for basketball

Carolina Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn (8) plays during an NFL football game between the Carolina Panthers and the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 15, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman, file)

Panthers make Jaycee Horn the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL

Britain Mickey 17 Premiere

Robert Pattinson sci-fi ‘Mickey 17’ opens in first place, but profitability is a long way off

Nc State North Carolina Basketball

NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run

Alert

Authorities: Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town

Total Lunar Eclipse

Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March

South Carolina Execution

A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years

Aptopix 97th Academy Awards

Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week prior, authorities say

F1 Cadillac F1 Approved

Cadillac F1 receives approval to enter global series as expanded 11th team in 2026

Economy Jobs Report

US employers add a solid 151,000 jobs last month though unemployment up to 4.1%

Spacex Starship Launch

SpaceX loses contact with spacecraft during latest Starship mega rocket test flight

Walgreens Buyout

Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10 billion

Us Amazon Prime Video Ads

Amazon is now testing AI-aided dubbing for some movies and series on Prime

Mexico Canada Tariffs

Trump signs orders for monthlong delay on some new tariffs on Mexico and Canada

South Carolina Death Row

A South Carolina man is set to become the first executed by firing squad in 15 years

Mexico Canada Tariffs

Trump delays tariffs on most goods from Mexico for a month

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, left, shouts as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

House censures Democratic Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump’s joint address to Congress

Watch On Schools

Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. Here’s what it does

Hornets Lakers Basketball

Edwards and McDaniels each score 29 points as Wolves send Hornets to eighth straight loss

Nascar Daytona 500 Auto Racing

Chase Briscoe wins appeal over modified spoiler during Daytona 500 pole-winning run

Trump Veterans Affairs Nurses

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo

An x-ray shows what are believed to be two diamond earrings that were stolen from a Tiffany & Co. jewelry store in central Florida and were swallowed by a suspect. ( Orlando Police Department office via AP)

X-ray shows Tiffany diamond earrings swallowed by theft suspect

Mexico Canada Tariffs

Trump grants one-month exemption for US automakers from new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada

Trump Speech

Watch on demand: President Trump’s remarks to Congress

Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire as it engulfs structures Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

LA County sues Southern California Edison, alleging utility’s equipment sparked wildfire

Watch On Economy

Trump administration signals the tariffs against Canada and Mexico may soon have exemptions

Mexican painter Roberto Marquez places a painting of Pope Francis he made outside the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Catholic Church opens Lent season with words of solidarity for pope sidelined with pneumonia

People sit by the statue of Pope John Paul II set outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis in Rome, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope stable with no new respiratory crises

Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Overland Park, Kan. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday, March 3, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn., at age 82. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years who inspired ‘Jolene,’ dies at 82

Generic Money Coin

US tariffs take effect and Mexico, Canada and China retaliate with their own tariffs on the US

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